He aha ka mea e'ānaiʻia ai ka uku? Ma ka'ōlelo Haina, ua kapaʻia nā hua'ōleloʻelua no kaʻokiʻana i ka hua'ōlelo "tsapaʻa" ma Mandarin a ma ka "shap sui" ma Cantonese,ʻo ia hoʻi "nā hua liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi". Ma keʻano he lāina hoʻolālā, pāpī ka sui i kahiʻano stew i hanaʻia i nā mea likeʻole i hui likeʻia. Ua hele muaʻo Shap sui iʻAmelika Hui PūʻIa me nā nalu o nā poʻe malihini mai Kaina i kauʻia i nā kula gula o California.
ʻO ka hapa nui loa mai ka moku Kina Kina o Pearl River Delta a me ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Toishan. I ka makahiki 1870, ua kipakuʻia nā Kina mai ke Komohana oʻAmelika e ka ikaika o ka lāhui, e neʻe ana i nā kūlanakauhale e like me Philadelphia, Boston, a me New York. Ma laila iʻike mua ai nāʻAmelika i kahi kīʻaha i kapaʻia "chow-chop-suey."
ʻO nā hale kula mua loa o New York i loaʻa i ka poʻe o nā mea pena a me nā mea kākau e kapaʻia ka Bohemians. I ka makahiki 1880, ua neʻe kekahi mau mea i Mott Street eʻai ai:
"ʻO ka'ōpuni niho wau,ʻo ia hoʻi nā piʻa momona , nā moa a me nā livers, ka moa a calfe, ka iʻa o nā moʻo, a maloʻo a laweʻia mai Kina, puaʻa, moa, a me nā meaʻokoʻa'ē aʻe i hanaʻia e aʻu. ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke hana. "
ʻO kā lākou hopohopo, uaʻoluʻolu lākou i kaʻike:
"ʻAʻohe wale nō ka meaʻai, akā ua maikaʻi, a hiki i ka hopena o ka palena wale nō he kanaonokumamākolu keneta!"
ʻO ka heleʻana o nā huakaʻi he mau kaukaniʻole o ka Haina i Mott Street eʻai i ka momona.
Ua weheʻia nā meaʻai'ē aʻe ma nā waho o ka mokupuniʻo Chinatona. Ua hoʻolālāʻia kaʻene i keʻano o nā meaʻai maʻalahi i kīnaʻiʻia me nā piʻi momona, nā'alem, selela, a me nā'ōpalaʻohe . I ka makahiki 1920, ua pālahalaha ke kīʻaha ma waena oʻAmelika Huipūʻia, a lilo i mea kaulana e like me nā'īlio wela a me ka'ōleʻa apple.
Eia nō naʻe, ua pālahalaha ka lono ma kēlāʻano. Ua kālepaʻiaʻo Tales e ka hale hoʻomalu o Kapalakiko Kapalakiko e hoʻolapalapa ana i nā mea i laweʻia mai ka'ōpala. ʻO nā "poʻe akamai" ka poʻe i haʻi moʻolelo i kēia mau moʻolelo, he poʻe kālepa Kepania a mau haumāna paha ka mea iʻikeʻoleʻia e kēia mea'āina kua'āinaʻo Toisana.
ʻAiʻia nā huaʻAina-ʻAmelika ma nā makahiki 1950,ʻo ka wā o "kekahi mai ke kolamu A aʻelua hoʻi mai ke kolamu B" i nāʻahaʻainaʻohana. ʻO ka hoʻolimalimaʻana i ka manawa kūʻai iki, nā meaʻoluʻolu e hoʻomaʻamaʻaʻia. Ua luhi hoʻi. Ua hoʻomākaukauʻo nā māpena i ka huki'āpana no ka lōʻihi loaʻaʻole lākou i mālama hou i nā hopena. ʻO nā haleʻAina-ʻAmelika-mauʻAmelika e mālie ana i ka māhele o ka māhele i nā pūnaewele pizza a me ka hamburgerʻai wikiwiki. Ma nā kūlanakauhale nui, makemake nā gourmets i nā hale Sāma hou e hana nei i ka peking duck a iʻole nā ipu ahi o Sichuan . A laila i ka makahiki 1972, heleʻo Pelekikena Nixon i Beijing, a ua hoʻoholo nāʻAmelika e makemake eʻono i ka "ʻoiaʻiʻo" o kā China. "Pāʻokoʻa" kahi i kāʻiliʻia ai he mea o ka wā i hala.
I kēia lā,ʻo nā kīʻaha e like me Kung Pao me ka moa me ka broccoli (ʻo ia hoʻi he "ʻoiaʻiʻo" e like me ke kāpenaʻo ka muy). Loaʻa i ka make a me ka deaddew,ʻoiai paha he ola hou. Akā, inā heleʻoe i lalo i Kaona Pākē, e huli i kahi poʻo Toisana, a hoʻomaopopo iā ia e makemake anaʻoe i ka wānana-style shap sui, eʻikeʻoe e hiki ke lilo i ka niho niho.